chapar

Onomatopoeic. From *klapp-, either cognate with or borrowed from Proto-Germanic *klappōjaną (“to clap; palpitate; sound”): English clap, Dutch klappen.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈpaɾ/

chapar (first-person singular present chapo, first-person singular preterite chapei, past participle chapado)

1. (intransitive) to splash with the oars
2. (colloquial, transitive) to eat noisily
3. (colloquial, transitive) to catch in the air
4. (colloquial, mildly derogatory, transitive, intransitive) to swot; to cram or memorize for an exam

   Escusen chapar para o exame se aínda nen entenden os conceptos máis básicos.

   You should avoid cramming for the exam if you don't even understand the most basic concepts yet.

• chapada

• chapear
• chapexar
• chapiñar
• chapón
• chapuzar

From chapa (“plate”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈpaɾ/

chapar (first-person singular present chapo, first-person singular preterite chapei, past participle chapado)

1. (transitive) to reinforce with metal plates; to plate
2. (transitive) to nail

• chapear
• chaprar

• chapa
• chapra

• “chapar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “chapar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chapar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From chapa (“plate”) +‎ -ar.[1][2][3][4] Compare Spanish chapar.

chapar (first-person singular present chapo, first-person singular preterite chapei, past participle chapado)

1. to cover with metal plates
2. (Brazil, slang, transitive) to stone (to intoxicate, especially with narcotics)

See chapa.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈpaɾ/ [t͡ʃaˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cha‧par

chapar (first-person singular present chapo, first-person singular preterite chapé, past participle chapado)

1. (transitive) to veneer
2. (transitive) to plate (as with metal)
3. (transitive) to say a hard truth
4. (transitive, Peru) to grab something quickly
5. (intransitive, colloquial) to swot (study hard)
6. (colloquial, Argentina, Peru) to kiss, smooch

• “chapar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014